What TT's do you folks have

Yesterday I picked up a Mitsubishi DP EC7 direct-drive in very nice condition except that the thing uses small belts to move to tonearm (it's full-auto) and said belts have turned to goo. Now it's basically a manual tt with auto lift. The correct belts are hard to find - a couple sites are selling a kit but the belts aren't the right ones, based on the pictures, and the one site that has the right ones wants $50, which I think is way too much for three tiny belts. I'll fix it if I can find the right belts at a decent price.
 
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Yesterday I picked up a Mitsubishi DP EC7 direct-drive in very nice condition except that the thing uses small belts to move to tonearm (it's full-auto) and said belts have turned to goo. Now it's basically a manual tt with auto lift. The correct belts are hard to find - a couple sights are selling a kit but the belts aren't the right ones, based on the pictures) and the one site that has the right ones wants $50, which I think is way too much for three tiny belts. I'll fix it if I can find the right belts at a decent price.

When i first got my Sansui XR-5 and XP-99 turn tables, I had the same problem.

I got a a bag of assorted small rubber bands and found one that would do the job for a couple of years before it got stretch too much.

But I was able to source the correct size better mad belts by then.

The store had lots of different belts for tape decks. :)
 
I restored/refinished a Technics SL-1100 I found at a local auction.

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Original EPA-110 tonearm, functioning strobe and a Pickering XV-15 cartridge. Absolutely love it.

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FE8EB0BC-6486-42F0-BE04-4047D60BAD53.jpeg B033DB7D-62F5-4CAC-9470-EF38172B3649.jpeg I decided to move my Holbo air-bearing TT and phono stage from its own upright rack to my main stand with the rest of the gear. I was having some noise issues with the long interconnects from phono stage output to my preamp. That issue solved. Now I need to get a nice cover for the table after the new year.
 
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Newest addition to my setup. Just got back from Iowa and is now all beautifully tuned and rehabbed and playing beautiful (8-bit) music.

This kicked my TD-125 MkII up to the living room which didn't have a table. Can't really decide which is the "primary" listening option. Probably both.
 
Denon DP-30L I bought new from World Camera & Sound on Woodward Ave. in Birmingham (?), MI. Came set up with a B&O cartridge and extra weight on the tonearm since the B&O went straight into the arm, no clamshell. Now rockin' a Grado Blue.
 

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Late to this thread but wanted to share my Kenwood KP990. Recapped and serviced it’s in beautiful condition. I have to say I’ve fallen completely in love with it after thinking I was a “Denon guy”. It’s the Japanese model (hence the “KP” and not “KD”) and I use a voltage converter. Hooked up now to a Project Tube Box S2 preamp (this new model does not use op amps). Running through an Onkyo a9010 into, currently, Infinity Qbs or KLH Model 5s (can’t decide which I love more but leaning towards the Infinity for the moment).

Anyhow, I love love love the Kenwood and am threatening to upgrade the stylus (maybe an MC now?).

Still, those Denon 59s are sexy...



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VPI HW-19 Jr, Rega RB300 (arm), Sumiko BP Special (cart.). The VPI's feet have been replaced by TipToes (cone spikes); the arm is wrapped with some clear poly 'arm kit' I bought in 1994.

Dual CS-5000, Shure V15-Type 5 MR (limited edition)

Dual CS-505-1, Ortofon OM-30

(Others: Used to own orig. AR turntable, various Dual/United Audio models, and RS Lab direct-drive model)

My VPI tt is shown in this image from my media system, ca. ~2001:

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